If we go way back to week 20 – when we found out that babies grow moustaches and then eat them, we were looking at the development of babies and how they grow a super fine hair all over …
We’re All Born with an Inner Dolphin!
From humans to the primitive, egg-laying platypus, all mammals are born with something called a diving reflex, also known as the mammalian diving reflex or diving response. It’s a clever physiological mechanism enabling our body to manage and tolerate …
Reading Too Early Can Inhibit a Child’s Ability to Read as an Adult!
When I first heard this, I thought “ Yeah right, that’s bullsh*t”, then I read the evidence! Whilst we were pregnant, we were sure that our little one would be proficient in his alphabet before his second birthday. We …
Keep Your Baby’s Feet in the Air for 105 Days and Their Head in the Clouds for Life!
It’s common to hear the term “keep both feet on the ground” and “stay down to earth”. In much of society, we place these terms as being wholly positive and desirable traits – this is especially true for our …
Thymus Glands Are More Than Double the Size in Breastfed Babies!
My first thought when hearing that was “What the hell is the thymus gland?” The Thymus gland is located just beneath the breastbone and next to the heart, and is probably one of the more important, if not THE …
4% of Babies Are Born on Their Due Date!
That’s a 1 in 20 chance of a baby being born on its due date! If you remember as far back as week 40 you may recall that we looked at how full-term was defined. We found out that …